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10 Facts From #BokoHaram Report | Afrocentric Confessions
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Capturing the soul of black folk. a blog by Chika Oduah. 10 Facts From #BokoHaram Report. April 14, 2015. 10 Facts From Amnesty International’s Latest Boko Haram Report. A member of Boko Haram, an Islamist group behind several deadly attacks in northern Nigeria, in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria, Feb. 12, 2012. The deadly militant Islamist group, thought to be aided by outside terrorist groups, has local roots to the anger it expresses at the Nigerian State. (Samuel James/The New York Times). 3 The 276 school...
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Human Rights | Afrocentric Confessions
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Capturing the soul of black folk. a blog by Chika Oduah. Category Archives: Human Rights. Activists in both South Africa and Kenya are drawing on the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile to highlight the global echoes of their own social justice causes. CAPE […]. Read Article →. Africa needs a new feminism. Read Article →. The Music Never Ends In Mali. February 10, 2016. Read Article →. The lost children of Nigeria: Boko Haram orphans thousands. February 10, 2016. Read Article →. February 3, 2016.
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The Feminization Of African Men | Afrocentric Confessions
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Capturing the soul of black folk. a blog by Chika Oduah. The Feminization Of African Men. March 28, 2013. Nigerian pop celebrity, Charly Boy, is known for his eccentric style. If you have read some parts of this article before, take your anger out on Chika Oduah. Her seminal work, Where the Vagina Counts http:/ www.bellanaija.com/2013/03/06/chika-oduah-where-the-vagina-counts/. Made me revisit the feminization of African men. Rotimi Oyekanmi Funmi Komolafe; and Yetunde Arebi. It was a debate that was lon...
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The Way You Make Me Feel: My Ode To Highlife | Afrocentric Confessions
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Capturing the soul of black folk. a blog by Chika Oduah. The Way You Make Me Feel: My Ode To Highlife. January 5, 2013. He came close, like danger. And nearly stole my heart, nearly snatched it out of its pulsating cavity. But he didn’t use his hands. He used the lazy groans of a steel guitar, psychedelic whines of wah-wah pedals and funky synthesizers to hypnotize me. They call him King of Juju. They call him Sunny Ade. They call you music. I call you Lover. And this is my ode to you. Band I was sure th...
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History | Afrocentric Confessions
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Capturing the soul of black folk. a blog by Chika Oduah. The Audacious Blackness of Muhammad Ali. As the world remembers “The Greatest” boxing champion who ever lived, Muhammad Ali, I remember his audacious black pride. With his gloves and his lyrical prowess, he showed the world […]. Read Article →. The Afro-German Experience Under Hitler. February 3, 2016. Read Article →. First Genocide in the 20th Century. January 12, 2016. Read Article →. Portraits: Former slaves in America. March 15, 2015. For her e...
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The widows of Boko Haram | Afrocentric Confessions
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Capturing the soul of black folk. a blog by Chika Oduah. The widows of Boko Haram. March 15, 2015. Falmata Gana, widowed after members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram killed her husband in 2012, walks out of the small room she shares with 11 children. Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria. Photo by Chika Oduah. December 17, 2014. Despite efforts by women’s groups, thousands of Nigerian widows struggle to survive because of Boko Haram’s insurgency. Her traditional Islamic mourning period of. 8220;In our culture...
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Lead Poison In Nigeria | Afrocentric Confessions
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Capturing the soul of black folk. a blog by Chika Oduah. Lead Poison In Nigeria. January 30, 2015. The app that saved 1,000 Nigerian children. Schoolchildren in Bagega in Zamfara State, northeastern Nigeria. December 2014. Photo by Chika Oduah. See the Multimedia Project:. BAGEGA, Nigeria About six years ago, several communities had succumbed to an outbreak of lead poisoning, induced by gold miners unknowingly bringing dust filled with lead into residential areas of their communities. See the story here.
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Admin | Afrocentric Confessions
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Capturing the soul of black folk. a blog by Chika Oduah. The Woman, The Soul, The Worshiper. Poem by Chika Oduah the Woman woke up one clear night under the spell of a mighty cough it scratched her throat until it bled sore raw red and […]. Read Article →. Activists in both South Africa and Kenya are drawing on the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile to highlight the global echoes of their own social justice causes. CAPE […]. Read Article →. Don’t Forget Maya. Read Article →. June 19, 2016.
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